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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Disagree with the Christian on this and you disagree with Christ. That’s why this should be your first line of response when answering this query.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Most of us have answered a knock on our door, only to discover a smiling, well-dressed couple—Watchtower publication in hand—standing on the other side, waiting to talk with us about the gospel...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Porn isn’t a problem, it’s an epidemic. Here are suggestions for steps the church can take to lead the way in fighting back.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Aug 5, 2019 11:23 PM
Here’s my response to this week’s challenge.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
God is gracious and merciful. But He is also avenging and wrathful. Sound theology never pits one against the other.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
The Supreme Court said the government has no role in deciding whether a religious belief is legitimate, and this could put an end to some arguments against religious liberty.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Does 1 Kings 19 teach that good decision making requires learning how to hear the “still, small voice” of God? A look at the passage shows that’s not what this story is about.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 10:21 PM
Tim explains what Jesus means by believers doing “greater things” in John 14:12.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 4:14 PM
Greg unpacks the definition of “desire” in light of 1 Timothy 2:3–4.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
In 4 min. or less, Alan answers questions about introducing apologetics to your church, annihilationism, and “the platinum rule.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
In this part of the Story I answer the second of the two most important questions anyone could ever ask about the remarkable man from Nazareth: Why did He come? It is a question there is far too...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
Does the archeological accuracy of the Bible have anything to do with it’s truth claims? Not according to many world-class archaeologists. There’s a catch, however, which tells us volumes about...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
The Torah’s teaching about accidental “miscarriage” has been hotly contested concerning the value of the unborn. Is the passage pro-life or pro-abortion? Here are the facts. You decide.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 2, 2021 4:00 AM
When you realize your theology is in error, don’t overcorrect by swinging wildly to the opposite position. The biblical approach to correcting your view looks more like using a...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 8, 2023 9:54 PM
The heavy burdens of past grief, present suffering, and anxiety about the future can easily overwhelm us, but they don’t have to. If you practice intentionally believing and living by these two...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2023 4:19 AM
If it’s more natural for you to ponder ideas than to get emotionally close to the One you’re thinking about, here’s something simple you can do to develop your heart under the guidance of your head.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Rod Dreher explains why “gay marriage is not just a social revolution but a cosmological one.”
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Apr 25, 2024 8:46 PM
Though we don’t go looking for suffering, here are three reasons why we can embrace it in God’s strength when it comes.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Is the personhood language used for the Holy Spirit merely personification? Why doesn’t the Holy Spirit have a personal name? How can a person fill people?
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 15, 2023 9:35 PM
Behind every objection is a person struggling to escape the snares of the devil. Let’s not forget the value of those we speak to as we share the gospel.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Do you have good reasons to believe what you believe, or do you you believe merely because of tradition? Take some time to think carefully about what is true.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Knowledge, not just belief, about God leads to spiritual transformation. So what is knowledge, and how do we get it?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg talks about the unseen world, the two authors of Isaiah, communication with a generation who doesn’t use logic, God not calling people, and the long lives of people in the Old Testament.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
C.S. Lewis seems to suggest that those who sincerely pursue God the best way they know how are accepted by Him, regardless of whether or not they explicitly put their faith in Jesus. Is he right?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
I do not consider myself a particularly brave person, and I think it especially foolish, on the main, to make a frontal assault on a clearly superior force.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg Koukl, along with Alan Shlemon, respond to Matthew Vines’s 40 Questions regarding homosexuality and the Church.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Let me offer a question to my Christian friends whose kids are being publicly educated, or who are working in public education, that should help guide this conversation: What is your tipping point?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Critical thinking doesn’t come naturally for kids, so we need to constantly be on the lookout for opportunities to engage their minds. Here’s one idea for you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 7:41 PM
addition to that, we’ve consistently been giving tools to help Christians of all ages
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2022 9:07 PM
Some object to the idea that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins through his death on the cross, calling it “child sacrifice,” but here are three reasons why characterizing it as child sacrifice is...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 2, 2019 5:51 AM
Some argue against Paul’s teachings about the Law by pointing to Jesus' words about following the Law in Matthew 5:17–20, but another passage in Matthew helps to clarify Jesus’ agreement with Paul.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Central to the Gospel is the notion of “goodness.” God is good; we’re not good. God’s goodness prompts Him to rescue us from our non-goodness, our sin. Seems clear enough.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Greg and guest Doug Geivett talk about the New Apostolic Reformation, then Greg takes questions about a family member going to a medium, who are some examples of teachers in the New Apostolic...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
When you tell Jehovah’s Witnesses that Jesus is uncreated, they are likely to take you directly to Proverbs 8:22–30 in their New World Translation (NWT).
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Why would God punish non-believers with an eternity in Hell for a finite amount of sin? People who raise this complaint fail to understand the nature of two things: the nature of the offender and...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
A pastor in China has been arrested on allegations of “inciting subversion of state power.” His words explaining why he preached the gospel without fear will be encouraging to your soul.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2010 Is apologetics a biblical concept? This is a fair question. Christians want to know if apologetics is sanctioned by God. It turns out that God cares a lot about...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Adam Parker of Bring the Books has an interesting take on why the Israelites were commanded not to use mixed threads in their clothing.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Relationships that are against God’s revealed will can be a huge temptation. Make sure you understand what’s at stake.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Postmodernism is on a crash course with Christianity. In fact, we’ve already collided. Here’s how to sort through the wreckage.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:34 PM
Was the faith of the Founding Fathers deism or Christianity? What does the answer mean for us today? Both the secularists and the Christians have missed the mark.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
“The Bible has been changed and translated so many times over the last 2000 years, it’s impossible to have any confidence in its accuracy. Everyone knows that.”
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Brett’s on a timer and answers questions about free will, Psalms, and Satan.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Not long ago I read a stunning (and scathing) response in a blog post by a Christian woman who was furious with those taking exception with the “Christian” convictions of a well-known Mormon...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Those who choose to believe in determinism or physicalism don’t choose to believe at all—they believe because of prior physical conditions.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
We are facing a full-court press against everything we cherish and value.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 2, 2019 6:30 PM
While it’s true that Christians should prioritize their understanding of Scripture and Christian theology, that doesn’t diminish the importance of also studying false ideas, as well. Here’s why we...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Somewhere along the way, we Christians in the West forgot something very important: the Bible is offensive.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Recognizing that our beliefs and values all come back to God reminds us that He is our foundation. It all starts with the first verse, “In the beginning, God...” and all things follow from there.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Who taught you how to interpret the Bible? I bet I can guess your answer: no one. When it comes to God’s Word, though, isn’t it critical we strive to correctly understand it?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Our denial that marriage is about the unique man/woman union will require an increasing amount of legislation and term redefinitions to try to make two unlike things the same.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 8, 2022 12:06 AM
This is who we are to be as Christians—people who respond to the truth of who God is and what he’s done for us in a manner worthy of that truth. But first, we must see that truth.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 27, 2022 10:41 PM
When hard times come—and they will come—pray for a miracle, but understand that God may choose to use your difficult situation to make you more like Christ.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 23, 2023 12:56 AM
Alan responds to the claim that Christians are motivated to be kind solely because they want to convert people.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Is it OK for a Christian to argue with other believers?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Part of Utah’s law against bigamy was recently struck down by a U.S. District Judge, allowing for polygamy in practice and leaving no principled reason for not recognizing it legally, but here’s...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
A review of Aronofsky’s Noah by Brian Mattson will help you interpret the ideas advocated in the film.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 28, 2024 1:25 AM
Many think Jesus rebuked doubting Thomas for seeking evidence to buttress his belief instead of taking the “blessed” path of blind faith, but there are two problems with reading Jesus this way.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2024 10:40 PM
Though Christians object to the command in Islam to kill apostates, some skeptics argue that the Bible requires the same punishment for those who leave the faith. Here’s why they’re mistaken.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Is there a conflict between faith and science? I think not. Rather, I think the current quarrel between the two has been contrived.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Apr 16, 2024 10:49 PM
Jon gives examples of how he has used questions to gently teach his children to think critically about the worldviews they encounter at school and in the media.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Prayer is hard. Since connecting with God in intimate friendship is vital for survival, I thought you might like to know, briefly, how I pray.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
The question “If Jesus pays for all your sins, then why not sin?” is an objection to grace anticipated by Paul in Romans 6:15.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Christians who have not thought deeply about evil and suffering are one crisis away from having their trust in God shattered. Here are some key ideas you need to know.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Christians and Jehovah’s Witnesses have fundamentally different views not only on why Jesus died on the cross but also on whether Jesus died on a cross. Here are five reasons to think He did.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
How could a good God forgive those who commit moral crimes? This objection is a powerful challenge to Christianity for anyone who has a sense of the goodness and rightness of justice.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 15, 2021 10:10 PM
If you are speaking the truth about God to those who have rejected him, pain and confusion are likely ahead of you. Here’s what you can learn from Jeremiah about persevering.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2021 9:48 PM
Do Christians have the authority to command a person be healed? Greg and Amy offer biblical examples to show that while the atonement may make healing possible, it doesn’t guarantee it.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 26, 2022 12:47 AM
Tim Barnett’s latest Stand to Reason University course asks a question that could change everything.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Nov 15, 2022 6:06 PM
Jon Noyes explains why efforts to earn our salvation leave believers without hope and how we can find forgiveness in Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 5, 2023 10:14 PM
Greg and Amy explain how God’s purposeful justice displays his glory.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 25, 2024 2:45 AM
Our New Year’s resolutions stem from an internal longing for something more, but you will never be able to satisfy your hunger by your own efforts. The longing we experience points us beyond...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for April 2011 Do you want to learn the skills taught at seminary without the time, money, and energy spent on going to graduate school.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 6, 2024 6:27 PM
Since it seems some Christians are starting to waver on original guilt and sin, here are two passages that support these doctrines.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
To many Christians, the Bible is like putty. Just add the Spirit and it can be molded into almost anything at all.
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